Wisconsin Indian tribes are reaching centuries back into their history to find a new way of settling disputes. Several Western tribes including the Navajo have been using traditional “peace making” courts for decades. Now Wisconsin tribes are finding ways to use tobacco, eagle feathers and ancient legends in THEIR court rooms. Gil Halsted reports…
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